> Fundamental reason: Apple doesn't release old, bottom of the barrel, price compromised junk. I've always thought that this was a marketing thing. If you look

> Fundamental reason: Apple doesn't release old, bottom of the barrel, price compromised junk. I've always thought that this was a marketing thing. If you look around, you can find all sorts of crappy computers designed to run Windows, but every Apple computer you see is going to be powerful and shiny enough to never leave you with a bad experience. Right now, I'd like a bottom-of-the-barrel laptop that does nothing but ssh somewhere else, so while I can deal without nice displays and ports, but I'm definitely in the minority.